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Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, P-erasure-C, very rare.

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Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, P-erasure-C, very rare.
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Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, P-erasure-C, very rare. S-P5, KM-5.1, CT-160. 26.7 grams. Typically large flan with full crown and much legend, very clear C and erasure, in which you can barely make out what is believed to be B/S/X, full but partially weak cross and shield, About Fine with minor corrosion at very edge, a celebrated rarity that was once attributed (by Sellschopp) to La Plata in error, first specimen we have been able to offer in a long time.